After the day in Oakland spent at Walden Pond Books, I headed to San Francisco for a Little Italy afternoon of Golden Boy Pizza (OMG YUM) + City Lights Bookstore, the Bay Area landmark of independent bookstores and the mother of the beatnik generations. I love this spot for three main reasons: awesome neighborhood of day-long-coffee-sipping cafes, an overwhelming amount of natural light, and a superior collection of literary fiction with beautiful editions and rows and rows of staff suggestions.

There are lots of reasons I loved living in San Francisco, but one of my favorites things was the pride in locals makers + designers. I saw a fantastic illustrator I had been following for years a few years back at a talk where she chatted about all her best projects, one being her Penguin Drop Cap series. Beautiful, right? Spotting Jessica Hische's work in the wild always feel like a treat (although, its hard to avoid- she even did the Moonrise Kingdom lettering!) and can always count on City Lights for keeping hers + the Penguin linen classics on the shelves.

I could go on and on about how special + pretty City Lights is and if you haven't been (and to San Francisco, OMG!!!) go immediately, ya won't soon forget it. It's also incredibly photogenic- double win.

Hi! Call me Paige.

I am a 26 year-old bookworm currently reading and running my way through New York City. I love clearance paperbacks, caffeine by the weak pot load, seeing someone on the train reading my favorite book(s), and being giddy over fiction.

Less: lengthy reviews with spoilers of books you will never read. // More: quick post-it thoughts of books you might like.

Currently reading:

1984 by George Orwell

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